Hey guess what I do pretty much exactly the same except I trim the leafs off when still wet.If I need to rest a branch/bud on something then I make my own cure boxes they are very easy to make,.I get an empty shoe box and thread string through some holes that are equal and opposite at each end and thread the string inside the box as though it's like a guitar ,so that when I place my buds on the string it does not cause any flattening and leafs all the sticky crystals /trics are in tact.I have been experimenting of when to do the chop this time I am going for more AMBER .